The holiday lands during one of the most politically fractured times in modern Israeli history. Some U.S. Jews plan to discuss it during their seder.
. And they are looking at the new security minister, who has been convicted of racist incitement and support for a terrorist group.
At Passover Seders, when Jews around the world retell the story of their ancestors’ freedom from Egypt, the topic of the modern-day Jewish state will be right on the surface — in varying ways that reflect the diversity of American Jews.plan to use materials created by opponents of the new government, such as subbing the recitation of the biblical 10 plagues with the “The 10 Plagues of the Bibi-ocracy,” a reference to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose nickname is Bibi.
Some U.S. Jews frame their worry as one related to demographic destiny — the growth of a more religiously and politically conservative generation in Israel,American Jews remain mostly liberal and moderate politically, and more secular. The gulf on display has slowly widened over the decades, in part because of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands and its expansion of Israeli settlements there.
“As significant as these [recent] events are, I think our peoplehood is firm and strong, as is the state of Israel, and we’ll find our way through it,” said Rabbi Joseph Beyda, head of the high school at the Yeshivah of Flatbush in Brooklyn, one of the country’s biggest Modern Orthodox schools.According to Pew, about 1 in 10 U.S. Jewish adults identify as Orthodox, and 60 percent of that group say their political views are conservative.
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